"I've caught a thief, and I'm going to interrogate him myself." Zhou Zimu reported to the prefect.

Governor Zhao approached Zhou Zimu and said flatteringly: "Do you want me to send it to help you?"

"No, find me a quiet room. Don't let anyone bother me. "Zhou Zimu likes to be quiet when he works.

"Okay, I'll give you the order. Not a single fly is guaranteed. "Governor Zhao thought that Zhou Zimu was going to torture the prisoner in private.

He specially cleared the scene for Zhou Zimu and prepared the torture tools. watched Zhou Zimu arrest the prisoner into the cell like a chicken.

The brazier in the cell was scorching, and various torture instruments were set on the table. The thief was chained to a chair and couldn't move.

"What's your name?" Zhou Zimu asked casually.

"Qi Ergou." The thief answered honestly. Zhou Zimu took a brush to make a record.

"When did you come to Yangcheng?" Zhou Zimu asked again.

Qi Ergou thought for a moment: "It's been five days, and I came on the 17th." ”

Zhou Zimu stared at his expression carefully, and Qi Ergou interrupted his eye contact when he was recalling.

It's true.

"Have you ever been to a tavern to steal?" Zhou Zimu directly threw out the question he wanted to know.

Qi Ergou denied: "No, I haven't been to a tavern to steal things. Adults can't wronged good people. ”

Blunt repetition, typical lies. Zhou Zimu didn't believe him, but it didn't show it on his face.

"How many of you thieves are there?" He threw out another question.

"They all said they hadn't been there, so adults have to believe me." Qi Ergou saw that Zhou Zimu was just asking, and had no intention of being tortured. He was determined to stay the course.

"Two? Three? Four? Zhou Zimu's tone was slow and firm, and he didn't let go of a trace of expression on Qi Ergou's face, "Oh, it's three." ”

At first, Qi Ergou's face was still very calm, but when he heard three, his face flashed with a trace of surprise unnaturally.

Zhou Zimu has already determined that there are three of them.

"I'm the only one!" Qi Ergou hurriedly denied it.

"Where are the others now?" Zhou Zimu wanted to help Jin Se recover the money, "The streets have been patrolling these days, and you don't have a fixed residence from other places." Bound to stay in a few inns in the city. ”

Zhou Zimu's analysis was the head, and Qi Ergou no longer dared to look at his eyes.

"I sent someone to the Devon Inn to have a look, it is good and cheap, and people from other places basically live there." Zhou Zimu casually said the name of an inn.

Qi Ergou's face flashed with joy, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, snickering secretly.

Although that expression only lasted for a moment, Zhou Zimu, who studied the micro-expression, still captured it.

He said several inns with a face, and Qi Ergou was snickering.

only to hear the Four Seas Inn, Qi Ergou shouted: "My lord, I have never stayed in the Four Seas Inn." You're going to ask when. ”

His eyes stared directly at Zhou Zimu, and the latter chuckled: "I know, I'm tired too." You just shut it up and rested. ”

Most people think that people don't dare to look at people when they lie, but in fact, when they lie, they tend to stare at you to see if you believe their lies.

When Zhou Zimu came out of the cell, Governor Zhao stepped forward to ask.

"What did you ask?"

"Go find a painter to paint a portrait of him, and take the portrait to the Four Seas Inn to arrest people. He also had two accomplices, who came to Yangcheng five days ago. It is estimated that they have done several recent thefts in Yangcheng," Zhou Zimu naturally gave an order.

Governor Zhao couldn't help but sigh, worthy of being the person the regent fancied, and he solved the Yangcheng theft case in one fell swoop.

Next, Zhou Zimu took the portrait of Qi Ergou and asked the owner of the Four Seas Inn, and he successfully caught the other two brothers of Qi Ergou.

Qi Dagou and Qi Sangou were eating in the room, and they never thought that they would be suddenly found hiding here.

When counting the stolen goods, Zhou Zimu found that Jin Se's hosta was not inside.

"When you stole a tavern, there was a hosta in it, where is the hosta now?" Zhou Zimu grabbed Qi Sangou's collar.

Qi Sangou's courage was smaller than Qi Ergou's, and he replied tremblingly: "When ...... Pawn to the pawnshop's boss Xu. ”

This Boss Xu was the guy who wanted to take away Jinse's hosta with a few taels of silver in the early days of Jinse's business.

Zhou Zimu didn't know that there was such a story in it, and he came to Boss Xu's pawnshop again.

When Boss Xu saw that the arrest was coming, he pretended to be calm.

"This official, what's the matter? When something or redeem something? ”

"I'm not here to be a thing, I just caught a group of thieves, and they said to be a hosta for you." Zhou Zimu explained.

"Bandits! It's not a good thing, it's not a trick on me. You wait, I'll get it for you. Boss Xu turned around with a painful expression on his face.

Sorting out his expression, he carefully took out a small box from the cabinet. It contains Jinse's hosta.

"I want to take this stolen goods back to the Yamen. When the case is settled, I will give you the money and the pawn ticket. ”

How can there be any ticket, Boss Xu complained in his heart. Not only did he lose the silver, but he also handed over the hosta.

"Okay, okay." Boss Xu replied with a smile.

"Do you have any contact with the Thieves?" Zhou Zimu suddenly asked.

"No, no! Heaven and earth conscience, old man, how could I have a relationship with those people. I was deceived too. Boss Xu hurriedly replied.

By pronouns, he wants to draw a line, and he is not talking about one person but those people.

Zhou Zimu just chuckled: "Please go to the yamen with me." ”

In the prefect's yamen, the prefect Zhao's mansion opened a court to hear the case.

Five days ago, the three brothers of the Qi family came to Yangcheng. Due to the unfamiliarity of the situation, he was caught stealing Boss Xu. Boss Xu did not report to the official.

He had always wanted the hosta in Jinse's hand. I've tried the original body several times before.,Because it's a relic of the original mother, it hasn't been.。

After finally crossing over, Jin Se didn't know the situation, and ran to the store by himself, but he was not cheated into other pawnshops. Boss Xu has always been angry in his heart.

A few days ago, Jin Se redeemed the hosta, and he knew that the opportunity had come. He was upset and found the three brothers of the Qi family of the thieves.

As soon as I heard that there was a tavern with a large sum of silver. The three brothers of the Qi family immediately agreed. The two parties are embarrassed, one wants silver, and the other wants hosta.

With the help of Boss Xu, the thieves team successfully stole several times in a row, attracting the attention of the government.

In order not to be caught, the Qi brothers hid in the Four Seas Inn and did not come out. And Qi Ergou stole Lan Yuyan, the second lady of the Lan family, on the street because he had no money and itchy hands, and was caught by Zhou Zimu in civilian clothes.

Everything is strung together, and Boss Xu confesses to his crimes.

"The three brothers of the Qi family have stolen property and had a bad impact. Beat 30 boards, put them in prison, and labor for 3 years. Boss Xu instigated other thieves, his mind was not right, and if you are old and old, the board will be exempted. Sentenced to 2 years' hard labour. ”

Governor Zhao was shocked and closed the case!

Zhou Zimu took the hosta to a tavern, and Jin Se was pleasantly surprised to see his hosta.

"Where did you find it?" Jin Se asked Zhou Zimu to sit down and poured him a cup of tea courteously.

The feeling of being lost and regained is really like riding a roller coaster, I thought that I didn't hope to get it back, and I didn't think that I could get the hosta again.

"The thief who stole your stuff has been caught. Now he is in the Yamen prison. Zhou Zimu handed the hosta to Jin Se, "Remember to put it away." ”

Jin Se held the hosta and nodded, she was now more concerned about her 100 taels of silver: "What about my money?" ”

"I'm sorry, the money was spent. The second child of the Qi family is a gambler, and all your money goes into the gambling house. ”

Zhou Zimu blamed himself very much, if he could catch the thieves earlier, maybe the money could be recovered.

Hearing that all the money he had stolen had been spent, Jin Se's emotions could no longer collapse.

She has been in ancient times for so long, and the hard-earned money is gone. Originally, she still had the hope that she could get it back, but now there is nothing.

She lay on the table and began to cry.

Now how can she pay back 500 taels of silver?